"Top 50 is not a big deal. I wanna be higher." - Fruhvirtova not shy about expectations
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17-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova will make a top 50 debut following the Indian Wells, but her ambitions are far higher.
The young Czech player has already done quite a few things in tennis, but the mentality of a champion is not to be the 50th-best or the second-best.
It's always to be the best, and that's where she wants to be one day. Her comments after her exit from the WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells confirm that. She was also pleased with the way she played.
"To be honest I didn’t think of the Australian Open as a big deal, or to be ranked around 50 is a big deal because it’s not where I want to go. I want to go further."- Fruhvirtova on her 2023 campaign
"Of course it was a great success but I want to keep improving. This is not where I want to stop, I want to keep going higher, so that’s my mindset that there’s still a long way to go."
It's all a learning experience for her as she's pretty new to the Tour and it will take a while for her to get used to it. Every match is a new chance to learn and adjust, and that's the goal for now. To grow as a player and go where she wants to be.
"Definitely I am still pretty new to the tour, this will be my first full year on the women’s tour, and yes, I think you really have to adapt to the women’s game because it’s different than the juniors and I think definitely some matches that I lost really helped me to win some more important ones."- Fruhvirtova on adjusting to tour life
She also talked about her team and all the people helping her in her tennis journey. It's impossible to be successful alone, and the teenager values her team.
"I think there is always more than one person behind success. Patrick has been helping me since I was pretty much very young and my parents are always around – they are definitely spending the most time with me and they should probably get the most credit. It takes a team effort and also I have to be open and able to learn."
